Season 5 poster

Season 5

(2003)

Overview

The Angel Investigations team is stunned when the Senior Partners of Wolfram and Hart give them control of the L.A. office. The gang quickly moves in, and although everyone is delighted at the amazing resources they now have at their command, they can’t stop wondering what the catch is.

Cast

David Boreanaz as Angel
David Boreanaz

as Angel

Amy Acker as Fred Burkle / Illyria
Amy Acker

as Fred Burkle / Illyria

Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
Alexis Denisof

as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce

J. August Richards as Charles Gunn
J. August Richards

as Charles Gunn

James Marsters as Spike
James Marsters

as Spike

Andy Hallett as Lorne
Andy Hallett

as Lorne

Episodes

Conviction poster

Conviction 8.0

October 1, 2003

Some old acquaintances come back into Angel's life as he and his friends begin running Wolfram and Hart and try to figu…

Just Rewards poster

Just Rewards 7.5

October 8, 2003

Angel and Spike challenge a necromancer who is unhappy with Wolfram and Hart's new leadership.

Unleashed poster

Unleashed 6.2

October 15, 2003

Angel tries to help a young woman who has been turned into a werewolf and is being pursued by a group of truly rarified…

Hell Bound poster

Hell Bound 6.4

October 22, 2003

After being menaced by a series of gruesome ghosts no one else can see, Spike finally comes face to face with the spect…

Life of the Party poster

Life of the Party 7.5

October 29, 2003

Strange things happen when Lorne has his sleep removed right before Wolfram and Hart's big Halloween party.

The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco poster

The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco 7.2

November 5, 2003

While losing heart for his own career as a hero, Angel befriends a disheartened, elderly hero, and battles an Aztec war…

Lineage poster

Lineage 7.8

November 12, 2003

When Wesley's father visits Wolfram and Hart, the firm is attacked by a troop of spooky Ninja cyborgs.

Destiny poster

Destiny 7.1

November 19, 2003

After Spike receives a strange package, Wolfram and Hart employees are possessed by evil... while Angel and Spike are s…

Harm's Way poster

Harm's Way 7.6

January 14, 2004

When Harmony wakes up next to a dead man with vampire bites in his neck, she's afraid she lost her head and killed him.…

Soul Purpose poster

Soul Purpose 7.5

January 21, 2004

When Spike is talked into taking up the good-deeds business, Eve lets loose a soul sucking parasite on Angel, who then …

Damage poster

Damage 7.8

January 28, 2004

A deranged vampire slayer is convinced that Spike is the man who kidnapped and tortured her when she was a child.

You're Welcome poster

You're Welcome 9.2

February 4, 2004

When Lindsey returns and tries to defeat Angel using a secret "failsafe" entity created by the Powers That Be, Cordelia…

Why We Fight poster

Why We Fight 6.2

February 11, 2004

A World War II submarine sailor - the only man Angel ever turned into a vampire since regaining his soul - returns to s…

Smile Time poster

Smile Time 8.9

February 18, 2004

While Nina the werewolf show romantic interest in Angel, he investigates a demon-infested children's television program…

A Hole in the World poster

A Hole in the World 8.6

February 25, 2004

After being breathed on by an ancient sarcophagus, Fred contracts a mystery illness and lies near death while Angel and…

Shells poster

Shells 8.4

March 3, 2004

Mourning Fred's death, Angel and his friends vow to find a way to bring her back, which leads to a confrontation with t…

Underneath poster

Underneath 8.2

April 14, 2004

Angel, Gunn and Spike rescue Lindsey from a suburban hell dimension; Lorne and Eve are pursued by a representative of t…

Origin poster

Origin 8.0

April 21, 2004

When a warlock brings Connor back into Angel's life, Wesley finds out that Angel has tinkered with the memories of his …

Time Bomb poster

Time Bomb 7.8

April 28, 2004

As Angel and Hamilton urge Wesley to get rid of Illyria, she suffers a cataclysmic physical breakdown; and Gunn clashes…

The Girl in Question poster

The Girl in Question 6.9

May 5, 2004

While Angel and Spike to go Italy to retrieve the head of a demon mobster (and save Buffy from a new suitor), Fred's pa…

Power Play poster

Power Play 8.5

May 12, 2004

As Angel's behaviour grows increasingly hostile, his friends learn he's associating with members of an evil secret soci…

Not Fade Away poster

Not Fade Away 8.8

May 19, 2004

Angel and his friends prepare for their suicide attack on the Circle of the Black Thorn.